Definition of joint

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"Joint (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe..

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Jointure :: Jointure (n.) A joining; a joint.
Bevel :: Bevel (n.) An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil..
Mucus :: Mucus (n.) Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used..
Comprobation :: Comprobation (n.) Joint attestation; proof.
Flexure :: Flexure (n.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird..
Deuterozooid :: Deuterozooid (n.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids..
Shampoo :: Shampoo (v. t.) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath..
Felon :: Felon (a.) A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint..
Co-assessor :: Co-assessor (n.) A joint assessor.
Ischiopodite :: Ischiopodite (n.) The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.
Paraphysis :: Paraphysis (n.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants..
Copartnership :: Copartnership (n.) The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle..
Catchfly :: Catchfly (n.) A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly..
Geranium :: Geranium (n.) A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill..
Credit Mobilier :: Credit mobilier () A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the credit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed..
Jointly :: Jointly (adv.) In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.
Hinge :: Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on..
Physicochemical :: Physicochemical (a.) Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies..
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